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The Basque city remade by the Guggenheim, with an old quarter of pintxos bars.
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Parte Vieja
The Old Town's tight grid of streets, where bar after bar lays out its pintxos on the counter.
- Open
- Always; bars open for lunch and dinner
- Price
- Free; pintxos cost a few euros each
- Time Needed
- An evening
- Address
- Plaza de la Constitución, 20003 San SebastiánDirections
- Getting There
- At the east end of La Concha, below Monte Urgull.
Why Go
Most of the Old Town was rebuilt after the city burned in 1813, at the end of the Peninsular War; only the street of 31 de Agosto survived. Today its lanes hold dozens of pintxo bars, each with its specialty, around the arcaded Plaza de la Constitución, whose balconies are numbered from its days as a bullring.
Nearby in San Sebastián
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